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Member	Item		Review/Comment
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hand Of Zei (1990)	combines viagens interplanetarias series #2 & #3: one novel previously published in two parts: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Hand Of Zei (1963)	viagens interplanetarias series (#2 (&) #3: ~one novel in two parts: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Search For Zei (1962)	viagens interplanetarias series #2 (& #3): ~one novel in two parts: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project (1957)	category "thriller" is wrong and should^W has been deleted "thriller" is/was a wholesalers' and publishers' fiction category; this is a non-sensationally-written non-fiction book that would ideally be sub-categorised "history" and "warfare" or "war" (or vv.) - not a thriller in any normal sense, though a popularisation of the nf subjectmatter, not full of the finer technical detail.
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book Rodney Matthews - In Search Of Forever (1991)	(excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book Rodney Matthews - In Search Of Forever (1991)	dragon's world / paper tiger very large format p/b first printing, first edition text by rodney matthews, nigel suckling cover art by rodney matthews (unsurprisingly) cover price £7.95? (check) 144pp. including titles, indicia etc, nf forward by michael moorcock refer to indicia publishing history to distinguish from at least three reprintings, one (1989), which differs: cover price £8.95 one, this (?second?) printing (1991) which differs: cover price £10.95 one (the next reprinting? 1993) which differs: cover price £10.95 should state (at least) fourth printing in indicia all retain the isbn of the first edition
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book Rodney Matthews - Last Ship Home (1991)	(excavate & check which printing is in the impossible corner. . .)
ppint. 26th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Continent Makers And Other Tales Of The Viagens (1974)	contents: in re sprague (nf) Isaac asimov (original to the collection, 1953) author's note (nf) l. sprague de camp (original to the collection, 1953) the inspector's teeth (short story) astounding vol.xlv #2, 4/1950, two b+w illustrations by ed cartier summer wear (ss) startling vol.21 #2, 5/1950 finished (ss) astounding vol. xliv #3, 11/1949 (a story predicted by a fan, in a review a year earlier), two b+w illustrations by ed cartier the galton whistle (novelette) (?original to the collection, 1953?; but it is credited as © 7/1951: is it the story "ultrasonic god", future c.w. science fiction stories vol. 2 #2, 7/1951, & de camp's preferred title?) the animal-cracker plot (ss) astounding vol. xliii #5, 11/1949, three b+w illustrations by ed cartier git along! (ss) astounding vol. xlv #6, 8/1950, two b+w illustrations by ed cartier perpetual motion (novella) future c.w. science fiction stories vol.1 #3, 9/1950 as "wide-open planet", b+w illustration by virgil finlay the continent makers (nlla) thrilling wonder stories vol. xxxviii #1, 4/1951, three uncredited b+w illustrations
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project (1957)	categories "fiction" and "thriller" are wrong and should be deleted
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project (1957)	the story of the mulberry harbours is the story of the realisation of fact that the need for the importation of supplies and reinforcements after the initial allied invasion of normandy at a rate faster than the wehrmacht could move its supplies, replacements and armour thither could not be met by storming an existing port or ports - the dieppe raid demonstrated the impracticalities of attempting this, all too-bloodily - and the audacious answer to the problem devised, built and put into practice by the british army engineers and the shipbuilders of the uk, ably aided by the royal navy. this is not fiction; it is non-fiction.
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book John Glasby - The Mulberry Project (1957)	,john spencer & co. badger books undated first printing, likely first edition cover art cover price 2'- 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Continent Makers And Other Tales Of The Viagens (1971)	collection of almost all of the viagens interplanetarias series short stories, a new novelette and two novellas not published as short novels or half "ace doubles" #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Rogue Queen (1978)	n.b. there is no "missing second printing": the canadian-carcased simultaneous first printing was retrospectively accounted the second signet books mmpb printing, as was standard practice for new american library with such simultaneous first printings of signet and of its other imprint mmpbs (where it possessed the canadian rights and made such use of them), until late 1978 through late 1980 (iirc). this also applies to daw books mmpbs produced and distributed for donald a. wollheim's company during this period.
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Rogue Queen (1978)	new american library signet books mmpb undated° simultaneous third° and fourth printings sharing merkin-printed covers cover art (unsigned, uncredited; i'm pretty certain it's by dean ellis, but this isn't yet an attribution) cover price $1.50 192pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. including "glossary of ormazdian names and words" (nf-within-f), advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both undated dropping "1 2" or "1 2 3" from printing number line: fourth printings have the canadian-printed carcases. ° - date of publication taken from locus #213, 8/1978
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Rogue Queen (1972)	new american library signet books mmpb simultaneous first printings sharing merkin-printed covers, not first mmpb edition cover art (unsigned, uncredited; i'm pretty certain it's by dean ellis, but this isn't yet an attribution) cover price 95¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia, introduction etc, end pp. including "glossary of ormazdian names and words" (nf-within-f), advertising refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian- or merkin- printed no priority established nor liable to be, both state first printing november 1972
ppint. 25th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Rogue Queen (1952)	dell books first printing, first p/b edition; i didn't note if it was an mmpb or a digest format p/b cover art by mike ludlow (unsigned, credited) (pretty lurid in colour and picture) cover price 25¢ 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Rogue Queen (1974)	a viagens interplanetarias series novel, often omitted from listings of the series; #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Tower Of Zanid (1963)	serialised in science fiction stories : vol.8 #6 (uk #3), vol.8 #7 (uk #4), vol.9 #1 (uk #5), vol.9 #2 (uk #6); 5/1958, 6/1958, 7/1958, 8/1958. with b+w illustrations by (frank) kelly freas.
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Tower Of Zanid (1972)	viagens interplanetarias series #6: title on title page is "the tower of zanid" #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1949), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - Tower Of Zanid (1963)	viagens interplanetarias series #6: #1: ''cosmic manhunt'' (1949), q.v. for series listing, and links.
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Bones Of Zora (1984)	the front cover puff-line is still not the, or even a, subtitle, and should still be deleted
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Bones Of Zora (1984)	viagens interplanetarias series #8 #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing, and links
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book L. Sprague De Camp - The Prisoner Of Zhamanak (1983)	viagens interplanetarias #7: #1: "cosmic manhunt" (1954), q.v. for series listing and links.
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book John E. Muller - The Mind Makers (1961)	"john spencer & co."'s house name here draws a felicitous veil over the notoriously self-effacing robert lionel fanthorpe, sometime m.b.i.s., longtime reverend...
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book John E. Muller - The Mind Makers (1961)	john spencer & co. (publishers) badger books imprint p/b first printing, first edition cover art by henry fox (according to the o.p. - nor reason nor source given) cover price 2'6 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book David Brin - The Postman (1986)	bar-code number truncated by too-small field; in full: 076783 00395 25704 only the final part actually identifying the book, and the particular edition, being its cat#
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book David Brin - The Postman (1987)	incorporates two previously published novellas: ''the postman'' (iamsf vol.6 #11, 11/1982) (cover story, art by jon weiman, three b+w illustrations by gary freeman) cyclops (iamsf vol.8 #3, 3/1984) (cover story, art by jon weiman, one b+w illustration by broeck steadman)
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book Damon Knight - Turning On (1967)	victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition and first thus° reprint collection of twelve short stories and two novelettes (° adds ss "the handler" to the contents of the doubleday h/cvr) cover (d-j) art: none; classic "gollancz yellow" typographical with spot magenta and black, with zigzags cover (d-j) price 18/- 160pp. including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p.
ppint. 24th Mar 2024		Book Damon Knight - Turning On (1969)	contents: semper fi (short story) analog vol. lviii #6, 8/1964 as "satisfaction" the big pat boom (ss) galaxy vol.22 #2, 12/1963, a b+w illustration by h. r. van dongen man in the jar (ss) galaxy vol.13 #6, 4/1957, strato bre #51,both: a b+w illustration by william ashman the handler (ss) rogue 8/1960 mary (novelette) galaxy vol.22 #5, 6/1964 as "an ancient madness"; a b+w illustration by john giunta auto-da-fe (ss) galaxy vol.19 #3, 2/1961, t&p/strato bre #84; both: a b+w illustration by bob ritter to the pure (ss) new worlds #167, 10/1966 eripmav (ss) f&sf vol.14 #6, 6/1958; venture atlas bre #26, 10/1965 (!) backward, o time (ss) galaxy vol.12 #4, 8/1956 as "this way to the regress", b+w illustration by wes the night of lies (ss) f&sf vol.15 #4, 10/1958; venture atlas bre #12, 8/1964 (!) maid to measure (ss) f&sf vol.27 #4, 10/1964 collector's item (ss) worlds of tomorrow vol.1 #2, 6/1963 as "the end of the search" a likely story (ss) infinity vol.1 #2, 2/1956, a b+w illustration by robert engle don't live in the past (nte) galaxy vop.2 #3, 6/1951, with six b+w illustrations by david maus original publication details added
ppint. 23rd Mar 2024		Book Robert Bloch - The Scarf (1972)	new english library p/b first printing, first uk edition sfaiaa cover art unsigned, b+w photographic treated with spot red, light blue titles cover price 30p, (overseas territories prices - check) 160pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising

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